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coatrack

coatrack is the alternative spelling of coat rack.

Meaning of coat rack

Noun

coat rack (plural coat racks)

  1. A rack or stand with hooks or pegs for holding hats and coats, often placed near an entrance for temporary use
    • She put her coat and her hat on the coat rack when she entered her friend's apartment.

Forms of coatrack

pluralcoatracks
alternative formcoat-rack

Origin of coatrack

From coat + rack.

Questions about coatrack

What is coatrack the alternative spelling of?
Coatrack is the alternative spelling of coat rack.

Words near coatrack in the dictionary

  1. coatomer
  2. coatomers
  3. coatomic
  4. coatomistic
  5. coatoms
  6. coatrack
  7. coatracks
  8. coatroom
  9. coatrooms
  10. coats
  11. Coats Land

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coatrack (page history and authors); coat rack (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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